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Application March 13, 1950, Serial No. 149,225

13 Claims.

The invention relates to geared transmission mechanism.

The main object of the invention is to provide a geared transmission mechanism for driving agitators, mixers, and th like at a predetermined speed and one in which the parts are so arranged that either a double reduction or a triple reduction may be had through shiftable gears, which gears form parts of change gears so that different speeds for any selected reduction may be obtained.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional view through transmission mechanism embodying the invention taken on the line 1-! of Fig. 2 showing the double reduction arrangement;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation view of the transmission mechanism. parts being broken away and parts being shown in a section taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detailed elevation view of the transmission, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section and showing the triple reduction arrangement;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the shiftable drive shaft showing it posir tioned for double reduction;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the shiftable drive shaft positioned for triple reduction;

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional developed view of a modified form of the invention showingthe parts in triple reduction position;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. '7 showing the parts in double reduction position. I

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the numeral l designates a housing having a vertically disposed driven shaft ll journalled therein and a drive shaft l2 also journalledtherein and extended at right angles to the shaft II and adjacent one side thereof.

The housing had a pad or base portion l3 formed on one side thereof on which an electric drive motor or its support may be mounted and secured by fastening means passing through the threaded holes [4 in said base portion and having its shaft coupled to the extended end of the drive shaft. In Figs. and 6 the shaft I5 may be a part of the motor shaft.

The drive shaft 12 is Journalled in a ball bear- 2 ing 16 mounted on opposite sides of the housing i ii and has a pinion I'I formed integral therewith or secured thereto and a tapered outer end portion I8 for keyed attachment of a gear thereto secured by a nut I9 on the threaded end of said shaft.

The driven shaft H is suitably connected to a sleeve shaft 22 which is journalled in a ball bearing 23 at the top and a suitable bearing (not shown) mounted in the base of the housing [0, said shaft 22 having a flange 24 intermediate its ends to which a bevel gear 25 is secured by machine screws 26. The shafts II and 22 may be considered as a single shaft as they are coupled to each other and rotate as a unit. The gear 25 meshes with a bevel gear 21 mounted on a countershaft 28 which is parallel to the shaft [2 and whose axis is inthe same plane as the axis of the shaft II but is disposed at right angles thereto. As shown in detail in Figs. 7 and 8, the shaft 28 at its front end is mounted in a roller bearin 29 in a partition 30 of the housing and at its rear end is mounted in ball bearing Journal 3| in a side of the housin and it has a tapered outer end portion 32 for keyed attachment of a gear thereto secured by a nut 33 on the threaded end 34 of said shaft.

An auxiliary or secondary countershaft 35 is mounted in bearings 36 and 31 in the partition 30 and housing Ill, respectivel and it has tapered gear receiving portions 38 and 39 with clamping nuts 40 and 4| on the threaded portions of said shaft. The shaft 35 is parallel to the shafts l2 and 28 and is disposed below the shaft I2 and to one side of the shaft 28.

With the above arrangement of shafting either a double or triple gear reduction may be had from the shaft II or 22 to the shaft l2.

The drive shaft l2 in addition to the pinion l1 carries a gear or pinion 42 which is a change gear. In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 4 the drive shaft I2 is longitudinally movable or shiftable to effect either a meshing of the gear 42 with a change gear 43 on the shaft 28 for a double reductionor a meshing of the gear I! with a gear 44 on the shaft 35 which carries a gear 45 meshing with the gear 43 on the shaft 28 for a triple reduction since in each instance one reduction is obtained through the bevel gears 25 and 21.

The gear 45 is a change gear. Thus by the selection of different ratio change gears 45, 43, and 42 thespeed of the driven shaft 22 for either a double or triple reduction may be changed.

Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, the means for effecting longitudinal movement of the drive shaft I2 and securing it in the desired set position is shown. The shaft I2 is secured in driving relation with the motor shaft l by a coupling including a three part housing, a gear 46 keyed to the shaft I5, and a gear 41 keyed to the shaft I2. The three part housing includes an end plate 48, an internally splined cylinder 49, a splined end cap 50, and an abutment ring 5|, these parts being clamped together as a unit by screws 52. The gear 46 meshes with the splines 53 of the cylinder 49 and the gear 41 meshes with themounted in a ballbearing journal .58 whose outer.

raceis secured to ashiftable sleeve 59.slidab1y mounted :in a tubular uide 60' formed in the housing II]. The tube 60 has manually releaseable diametrically disposed spring. pressed ,1ocking pins 6| mounted therein adapted v to engage in sets of locking. recesses or holes 62 .and 63 connected by key. slots 62a in the ,sleeve'58u The. pinstl', carry, hand knobs 64 for 'movingthem outwardly toa release position against thepressureof the springs 65. When thepinsfil registerjwith the holes 62 as shown in Fig. 5, theishaft I2 is locked in its doublereduction position and when said pins:registerwith the--holes-63rasshown in Fig; 6, the shaft I 2- islocked in its triple reduction position. Thus; for a double'reduction, the operatorreleases the pins Bland pushes the shaft I2 toward-theleft to the posi--.

tion shown in Fig. 5 bringing-thechange gear 42 into mesh with the-change gear 43 for the firstreduction, the meshinggears Hand 2! providin the-second reduction. For thetriple reduction, the operator releases-the'pinsrfil and pulls the shaft I2 toward the right to=the position shown in Fig. 6 bringing the pinion I1 into mesh with: the gear 44 for the first reduction-and securing the second reduction. through thechange gears 42 and 45, and the third reduction I through the gears 25.and 21. Refer-ringto Figs. 7 and 8; instead of shifting the shaft I2 to secure the selective reductions, the-change gears 42 and '45 areseparately shifted; These Figs. 7 and 8 are developed-sectionsto facilitate showing of the parts. Actually the shaft I2 occupies the same position (above the shafts 35; and ,-28 r as, is shown in Figs. 3.and.4;

For shifting thegear 42 its hub :65:is.-'slidably splined to thersplined end 61 of the 'sha-ft'IZ'and issdetachably connected-to a nut 68 by mounting itsrecessed outeriend in arrecessfiS in said .nut and securingit'forfreerotationtherein by set screws mm said nut'engaged in the recess H in saidhub. The nut 68engages' the threaded end" of the shaft I2and is turned relative thereto by a spanner wrench engageable in one of the spanner holes 73 on'vsaid nut so that turn-. ing,of the nut on the shaft I2 wilLmove the gear 42 longitudinally of. the shaft out of and into meshing relation with the gear.43 to efiect the double reduction. Thenut 68 maybe locked in its two extreme positions of adjustment by a lock bolt I4 engageable in one of the bores 15 For 4 in the nut and mountable in the threaded opening 16 of a wheel '11.

A similar arrangement to that just described is provided for shifting the gear 45 out and into mesh with the gear 43 for the triple reduction. The hub of the gear 45 is slidably splined to the splined end 18 of the shaft 35 whose outer end 19 is threaded"to takesthe nut 80 and has the wheel 8| keyed thereto. The nut 80 is identical with the nut 68 and carries the set screws 82 engaging in the annular recess 83 of the hub of the gear 45 to hold said gear in the recessed end 84 of said nut. The nut 80 is turnable by a spannerwrench engageable with the wrench holes 85 Sand islock'ed in position by a lock bolt 86 engageable in one of the bores 8'! of the nut and mountablein thethreaded bore 88 of the wheel 8|. For changing the gears 42, 45, and 43 the housing plate '90 is detached from the main housing, thus exposing the gear 43 for changing and also exposingtheinner ends of the nuts 68 and 80 with their set screws 10 and 82 so that on loosening. these'set. screws the gears 42 and 45 maybe changed'to accommodate the substituted change; gear-43 and. then the housing plate 90 is replaced-bringing the gears 42 and 45 into alined position relative to-the-shafts I2 and 35 with Which'said gears areassociated. In this form of the-invention thew-shaft I2 is in continual driving engagement withzthe shaft 35 through the gears I! and 44 so that the shaft 35 rotates continuously, but its drive to the shaft 28 is only effectiver-whenthe gear 45meshes with the gear 43. Fig=-7 shows the, relationship of gears for the triple reduction drive to the shaft 22 and Fig. 8 their relationship for the double reduction in which-=the-gearsr43 and 42 areactually in mesh. Figs? and 8 also show the nuts 68 and 80 as working in oil seals 89in theremovable housing plate 90. Fig. 3 shows the gear 42 meshing with the gear 43 for double reduction while Fig. 4 shows .the gears I! and 44in mesh and the gears 45 and. 43in mesh for triple reduction for either form.v The'shaft II or 22 may be used to drive various devices such as an agitator 9|.

It is 1301 be understood that the invention is not .to .be. limited to.- the 1' details of construction above described .exceptin so. far as such limitations are included in the claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1.. In a. transmission mechanism, the combination of a housing, a driven shaft journalled in said housing, a countershaft journalled in said housingrandv having a-reducing gear drive connection with said driven shaft and with its axis at right --angles.to that of. said driven shaft, a driveshaft journalledinsaid housing parallel to said countershaftandat one side .of said driven shaft,..a.,seoondlcountershaft journalled in said housing parallel.tmsaidldrive shaft, said drive shaft. and-said.countershafts having parts extended; from. said housing, intermeshable gears fonsaid countershaftsand said drive shaft, the geanon, saidsecond .countershaft and the gear on said drive shafttbeing separately shiftable into mesh with the gear on said first countershaft, means for shifting the .gearon said drive shaft into meshing.engagement with the gear on said first countershaft.for a..second reduction, means for shifting,thegearsonrsaid-second countershaft into meshingsengagementwith the gear on said first counter-shaft -forqar third. reduction, there being a gear-on .saiddrivemhaft constantly meshing with a gear on said countershaft and operative for .said-third-reduction, and means for holding each shiftable gear in intermeshing' relation with its associated gear.

2. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein each means for separately shifting the gear on said drive and the gear on said second countershaft, respectively, comprise a nut connected with shiftable gear and in threaded engagement with the shaft on which the shiftable gear is mounted, and the holding means is a lock bolt anchored to the shaft carrying the shiftable gear and engageable with said nut.

3. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein gears on the extended ends of said drive and countershafts are change gears and are mounted in an auxiliary housing detachably secured to the main housing, the shifting means for each shiftable gear is mounted in said auxiliary housing and the shiftable change gears are detachably connected to their respective shifting means and removable from their shafts on the removal of said auxiliary housing.

4. In a power transmission, the combination of a housing, a drive shaft, a countershaft, a second countershaft, said shafts being journalled in said housing in substantially parallel radially spaced relation, a driven shaft journalled in said housing at substantially right angles to said shafts, speed reduction gearing connecting said second countershaft to said driven shaft, a speed reduction gear train for interconnecting said drive shaft and said countershafts to provide a double speed reduction between said drive shaft and said second countershaft, said gear train including gears axially movable to drivingly connect said drive shaft to said second countershaft independently of said other countershaft to thereby provide a single speed reduction between said drive shaft and said second countershaft, and means for detachably mounting certain of the gears of said gear train outside of said housing so as to render the same readily removable and replaceable by gears of other sizes to thereby further vary the speed ratio between said drive shaft and said second countershaft, whereby said driven shaft may be driven at any of a large number of selected speeds throughout a wide range.

5. The structure as defined in claim 4 where- I in one of said movable gears is carried by and able gears are carried by and axially movable axially moveable to connect said two shafts independently of said third shaft so as to provide a single speed reduction therebetween, and means for detachably mounting certain of the gears in said train outside of said housing so as to render the same readily removable and replaceable by gears of other sizes to further vary the speed ratio between said shafts.

10. The structure as defined in claim 9- wherein one of said movable gears is carried by and axially movable with one of said shafts.

11. The structure as defined in claim 9 wherein one of said shafts is axially movable and said movable gears are axially movable therewith.

12. The structure as defined in claim 9 wherein said drive shaft is axially movable and said movable gears are carried by and axially movable therewith.

13. The structure as defined in claim 9 wherein said movable gears are axially movable independentlyrof said shafts.

WALTER P. SCHMITTER.

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